Johannesburg South homeowner gets home back from property hijackers

By Staff Reporter - 13 December 2018 - 17:13

Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba says 35 hijacked properties have been handed back to their rightful owners. 'While there are a staggering 832 hijacked properties in Johannesburg, we are gradually winning the fight,' said Mashaba.
Image: SIMPHIWE NKWALI

The city of Johannesburg has helped a homeowner in South Hills reclaim a property from a dozen people who were squatting on it.

Mayor Herman Mashaba said on Thursday that six men and six women were found on the property.

They have been arrested and will appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday morning, to answer to charges of trespassing, malicious damage to property and contempt of court.